Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusPiranga (Piranga Tanagers)
- SpeciesPiranga olivacea (Scarlet Tanager)
Closest Relatives at Pico Bonito National Park
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Blue-black Grosbeak
Cyanocompsa cyanoides
Black-faced Grosbeak
Caryothraustes poliogaster
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Habia rubica
Painted Bunting
Passerina ciris
Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
Montezuma Oropendola
Psarocolius montezuma
Brown Jay
Psilorhinus morio
Clay-colored Thrush
Turdus grayi
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Scarlet Tanager in Pico Bonito National Park?
About 6% of visitor-days record a Scarlet Tanager sighting in Pico Bonito National Park, based on 43 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Scarlet Tanager in Pico Bonito National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Scarlet Tanager in Pico Bonito National Park in our monthly data.